The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-11-12

NfNAt hASNCAlNlIG VI l'dSSCIS Ny
Cook COUNTY JAIL, CHICAGO, Nov.
lit lacked just 1 minute and a
half of the hour of high moor when
a single white shrouded figure above
which was face Of yellowish pallor
the face of August Spies, passed
the first part of the gallows The
gazing crowd ten ieet below half
rose involuntarily from their chairs
at the first glimpse Of the aapri-
ton advancing across the scaffold.
Spies looked calm and glanced at
the reporters with a trace Of his old
tine cynical smile. He walked
firmly over the drop, guided by the
grasp of 2 deputy - the further
edge ofthe galIowa; following close
came Fischer. close enough 20 touch
Spies shrousi lad his hands not
hceA pinioDc;! u:..'a. = bite ,u5iin.
Fischer's countenance haI 3 pecu
liar Sglisten totally unlike the ashi~
ness of Engei's heavy fea ufes and
in strange contrast with dead lack
ofcolor III the pin3hed lineament, OF
Parsons. Th;s on2o jaunty Yivaciou5
Texan became 1t ast Il withered
old man. II: hal aged 20 years
since the day Sc .;"a y months be,
fore which he tr:pfed lightly into
the court before Judge Gary, and
flippantly decIared he was ready to
be tried at once for his life. The
moment his f~et touched the scat
fold Parsons seemed 10 completely
lose his identity ana 20 fe-t hat his
spirit was 10 Ions, rDari Of his body.
He had wrought himself up to an
ecstasy Of so!sm0 sClf-gIoritication,
that only he, tha one Americ. III,
seeDIe1 to realize to fall in battle
he !nust die in manlo:
to impress, if possible, on ali future
generations the thought that he was
martyr. 30 tragcGil that ever
paced ii stage III America eyer made
q more marvellous presentation of a
self-chosen part. Perfect in every
detail, upward turI Of his eyes, his
distant far away lock, and above all
all attitude OF apparent complete
resignation that every fold Of ,he
awkward stroud only served to
make more distinct, was by far
the most striking feature of the en>
tire galiOHs picture. The squat
form of Engel, alongaide with his
stupid wide javsd face, made a
hideou. contrast loPdrsons' aGsump-
ton Of the halo otu martyr. Fischer
was head and shoulders taller than
the other three, making his occa>
sioual looks OF too evident bravado
more noticeable than they might
otherwise be, and nj sorry disad-
uantoge, compared with the steady
GOODNESS of Spies. The latter's ex-
hibition of quiet nerve far surpassed
the lemeauor of any OF his CONS
raGeS. The Iour' blrIy deputies
standing to the rear of the four con-
demned msn began withoGt delay
to adjust the ropes, Spies moose be-
ing the one FIRST placed. He did
not regard it Of any more conse-
quence than q new linen collar. The
knot was slipped down, the cord
close against his neck. Spies did not
show q tremOr but when the same
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